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Miscarriage of Fast Track Justice

  Abhishek   31 January 2009 at 18:17

The comment of Justice A.S. Anand, former Chief Justice of India and Chairman National Human Rights Commission that the acquittal decision in Best Bakery trial by a fast track court as 'miscarriage of justice', is not confined to just that case only, ..


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~MEDICAL TERMINATION OF PREGNANCY~

  Abhishek   23 January 2009 at 07:58

How section 312 of IPC read with the Medical termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971 infringe the right to life of the mother?Section 312 of the Indian Penal Code read with the Medical termination of Pregnancy act, 1971 where all the restrictions imposed ..


Posted in Family Law |   2804 Views


New Laws in India Target Mothers' Workplace Equality, Leave Out Fathers

  Abhishek   22 January 2009 at 19:03

Several decades ago, urban primary schoolers grew up, through their textbooks, on a staple diet of a "normal" family as one where the father was the one who worked to earn and the mother stayed at home to look after the family - cooking, cl ..


Posted in Family Law |   2999 Views


Property Rights and the Indian Woman

  AEJAZ AHMED   18 January 2009 at 13:09

Property Rights and the Indian Woman The development and progress that characterises post-Independence India has also given rise to a breakthrough in the Indian woman's fight for justice and equality. Such hopes were formerly denied to them by relig ..


Posted in Family Law |   5853 Views


Live-In Relationships in India Accorded Legal Status

  Prakash Yedhula   11 January 2009 at 12:55

A couple of years ago, India witnessed a very poignant moment which till then was uncommon in the Indian psyche -- despite the huge foreign troop presence in the neighborhood, the Taliban-sponsored unrest in two countries of the continent and India' ..


Posted in Family Law |   3606 Views


Hindu wife cannot adopt, rules SC

  Selvam Perumal    28 December 2008 at 23:45

Hindu wife cannot adopt, rules SC Bhadra Sinha, Hindustan TimesNew Delhi, January 16, 2008: A Hindu woman canno ..


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Interim Maintenance under Sec.125, Cr.P.C. not entitled - When?

  Selvam Perumal    26 December 2008 at 23:25

No Interim Maintenance under 125 CrPC if case under HMA pendingPREVENT INTERIM MAINTENANCE UNDER 125 CRPC IF CASE ONGOING IN HMAOctober 9th, 2008 by MyNationChand Dhawan Vs Jawaharlal Dhawan [ SC ]SMT. CHAND DHAWANVs.JAWAHARLAL DHAWAN [1993] RD-SC 30 ..


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THE JOB OF A DIVORCE ATTORNEY

  AEJAZ AHMED   18 December 2008 at 21:19

Marriage is a very solemn and serious chapter on any person's life. However, due to personal reasons, a couple may decide to call everything off and file a divorce. Divorce, or dissolution, as it is increasingly becoming known, is a process that lega ..


Posted in Family Law |   1935 Views


Remedies Available Following Claim Of Fifth Amendment Privilege In Divorce

  AEJAZ AHMED   18 December 2008 at 10:57

Remedies Available Following Claim Of Fifth Amendment Privilege In DivorceBy Sarah Jost Nielsen, published in The Advocate, The Kentucky Justice Association, 2008, Volume 36, Number 2.The constitutional privilege against self-incrimination under the ..


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Do you know about CRISP?

  ROHAN   14 December 2008 at 23:28

CRISP stands for "CHILDREN’S RIGHTS INITIATIVE FOR SHARED PARENTING." The concept was envisaged on account of the biased, one-sided laws in the society which treats a father as a CRIMINAL and a HOOLIGAN who is a misfit when it comes t ..


Posted in Family Law |   2745 Views